Well, with Pono around the corner it seems to me that one likely scenario might be deja vu all over again, i.e., another format war. I have SACDs and DVD-As and now Blu-ray music discs, they all sound great to me. As a consumer I want more NEW HD music, not the old analogue masters brought out the vaults to be converted to DSD or Pono or whatever so I can buy it all over again for $25-$30 USD a pop as a download.

IMO Meridian and Sony are more a part of the problem than they are a part of a consumer friendly solution.

Then again maybe it will not be a problem as long as Oppo or other companies make universal players that play all download formats.

Al

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